Compiled by Freedom Newspapers There are few cities in this area with as varied a choice in museums a Roswell, just a short 90 minutes to the west of Portales. For a quick and easy day trip to Roswell, visitors can begin their day at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, then drive a few […]

• Ten students representing Roosevelt County left for Roswell to participate in Boys State on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. • B & J Drug advertised Old Spice gift sets for Father’s Day. Prices ranged from $1 to $5.

By Casey Peacock: PNT Staff Writer Eastern New Mexico University has purchased a new WebCT server that will be housed on the Portales campus. Having the new server on the ENMU campus will allow daily backups and maintenance to be performed, said Distance Education and Outreach Director Trish McGuire. “I think it will be much […]

Freedom Newspapers The Bottomless Lakes State Park is located just southeast of Roswell and can be reached by an easy drive of less than two hours. The Bottomless Lakes became the first state park in New Mexico in 1933. The park encompasses eight scattered lakes — some of the state’s few all-natural water holes, according […]

By Casey Peacock: Freedom Newspapers Inspired by nature, Mollie Oblinger uses contrasting elements of wood, felt, plastic, foam and wire to sculpt her art. Her artwork will be displayed starting Friday in Eastern New Mexico University’s Golden Library. “My work is purposefully ambiguous so it has multiple interpretation for people,” Oblinger said of her artistic […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT staff writer ROSWELL — Wind? What wind? The Portales golfers used the strong April gusts to their benefit Tuesday afternoon at Roswell’s Spring River golf course to come from behind and win the Roswell-NMMI championship. The result, however, rests upon a possible scoring discrepancy that could hand the trophy to second […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT staff writer The Portales Ram and Lady Ram tennis teams continued preparation for a big weekend tournament by routing Roswell High Tuesday afternoon in Portales. The Portales boys won all six singles matches and took two of three doubles competitions while the girls won five of six singles matches and two […]

PNT Staff Report Portales’ two senior hurlers pitched well at Roswell High and managed a split with the Lady Coyotes, losing the first game 4-0 and winning the second contest 2-0 in pre-district softball doubleheader action Tuesday night. “I’m excited,” Lady Ram head coach Robbie Crowley said. “Roswell’s got a great ball team.” Lady Ram […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT staff writer ROSWELL— The Portales Ram rackets came alive in the Roswell High tennis tournament Friday and Saturday as the Portales boys came in third, while the girls took second place behind Farmington. “I have to give credit to Farmington,” Portales girls tennis coach Michelle Wallis said. “Farmington has a great […]

PNT Staff Writer The Roswell Lady Coyotes handed the Portales girls a 52-39 loss Tuesday evening at Roswell High School. The Lady Rams managed only 12 points in the first half, making just two of 16 shots attempted. Portales head coach Brenda Gomez says the Lady Rams poor shooting was key in the defeat. “We […]

By Mickey Winfield Freedom newspapers The Portales Lady Rams may have grown up Thursday night. The Portales girls outscored Roswell High 14-2 in the third quarter, overcoming a 12-point half time deficit and the loss of senior Briana Hernandez early in the game, to shock the top-ranked 4A Roswell Lady Coyotes at Portales High School […]

PNT Staff Writer ROSWELL — The Portales Lady Rams beat Goddard in Roswell Thursday night, 49-46. Kaycee Quick led the Lady Rams with 13 points followed by senior Briana Hernandez with 12. “We were better defensively than we have been in other games, but Goddard didn’t have the ball handling skills that other teams we’ve […]

By Mickey Winfield, PNT Staff Writer Portales Rams basketball coach Mark Gallegos will have to wait a bit for his full squad. The reason — three Portales football players making the transition to basketball are injured, with two of them getting hurt in Saturday’s state football championship. The Rams open their season tonight at Roswell […]

By Ashley Lee: PNT Staff Writer Roswell has more to offer than UFOs. The Roswell Museum and Art Center has reopened an exhibit called “West of Beyond.” “The collection consists of 2,000 artifacts, all western material,” said museum spokesperson Laurie Rufe. “The collection was bequeathed to the museum by Rogers and Mary Ellen Aston. The […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT sports writer The Portales Rams have had two weeks of preparation, leading up to tonight’s pre-district finale against the Roswell High Coyotes at Roswell’s Wool Bowl. With the district schedule just a week away, both teams have objectives they’d like to check off their list. First-year Rams head coach Andy Correll […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT sports writer The Portales Rams (2-3) are more than halfway through their 2006 football schedule, and are coming off a bye week that coaches say, came at a very beneficial time. The Rams used their bye week to prepare for the second half of the season, including a road game against […]

By Mickey Winfield: PNT sports writer The Portales Lady Rams (8-5) continued their tour through District 4AAAA, losing at home to the Roswell Lady Coyotes (8-3) in four games Tuesday night; 25-15, 20-25, 25-17, and 25-15. “We just had a meltdown, it was horrible play tonight,” Portales head coach Ruth Chavez said. “There really wasn’t […]

By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor Eastern New Mexico University regents gave final approval on two student housing projects Thursday during their regular meeting. The projects would provide student housing complexes at the Portales and Roswell campuses that are to be privately owned and financed through the sale of bonds that would be repaid from […]

Freedom Newspapers In keeping with the tradition of celebrating UFOs, aliens and mysterious crashes, the city of Roswell will host its 12th annual UFO Festival from Thursday to July 3. Taking a day trip to the nationally known festival could quench anyone’s desire for everything extraterrestrial. Some history The festival is known for attracting people […]

Jeffrey Townley Services: Have been held Jeffrey (Scott) Townley, 44, of Capitan, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Capitan. He was born on Nov. 24, 1961, in Portales, to Sam and Lela Jo Townley. He moved to Capitan in 1971 and attended Capitan schools. He graduated in 1980. He attended New Mexico State University. He […]